Himera

The festivsl closes with sn audiovisal performance by Piia Rinne and Miia Rinne. Piia Rinne describes her sound as collage experiments. In other fields of art, she works with costumes and visual material for performances. Miia Rinne is an artist who works with experimental film and video.

Finn Loxbo is a guitarist with a focus on free and structured improvisation. His music is usually on either side of two dynamic extremes: quiet acoustic or very loud.

Finally we have three concerts at Contemporary Art Space Kutomo Saturday night. Shakeeb Abu Hamdan plays an unorthodox setup of drums, bells and cymbals which he augments and amplifies with transducers, microphones, pitch and rhythmic modulation effects, modified megaphones and other devices.

Saturday 1/11 starts with Lisa Ullén’s matinee performance at the Sibelius Museum grand piano at 2pm. Ullén’s music is characterized by numerous layers, in which different textures and rhythms intertwine, exploring forms of jazz, contemporary music, and many other genres.

This year’s Himera festival starts on Friday 31/10, opening with Finnish free jazz quartet Oaagaada at Dynamo’s attic in Turku.

Tero Kemppainen, double bass
Simo Laihonen, drums
Sami Pekkola, saxophone
Tuure Tammi, trumpet

At the threshold towards winter, this year's Himera Festival brings two days of experimental music, presenting free jazz ensemble Oaagaada, composer and pianist Lisa Ullén, musician and artist Shakeeb Abu Hamdan, guitarist Finn Loxbo and sound artist and designer Piia Rinne.

Save the date: Himera Festival 2025
31/10-1/11 with Lisa Ullén, Oaagaada, Finn Loxbo, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan and Piia & Miia Rinne.

Two days of performances at Contemporary Art Space Kutomo, Sibelius museum and Dynamo. Turku, Finland.

We are sorrry to inform that Annea Lockwood will not be able to travel to Finland next week due to unexpected health issues. The event is cancelled and ticket payments will be returned. We are hoping to make a new attempt to present her work in Finland in the future.

Kiilan Äänipäivät

Music / performaces 5th july 2025 in Kiila about 14:00-21:00.
LINE UP:
Rie Nakajima (JP/UK)
Julia Eckhardt (BE)
Roi Vaara (FI)
Rättö ja Lehtisalo (FI)
Koho/Koskenlahti (FI)

aanipaivat.com

For Jitterbug, Lockwood will be joined by Livia Schweizer (flute), Mark Reid Bulatovič (guitar) and Marja Ahti (electronics, amblified objects).

Himera ja Sibelius-museo esittävät: Annea Lockwood ANNEA LOCKWOOD Sibelius-museo, Turku Lauantai 26.7.2025 Klo 19:00 Liput 15€ (alennusryhmät 12€) Annea Lockwood (s. 1939), merkittävä ensimmäisen sukupolven elektroakustisen ja konkreettisen musiikin.....

We're proud and excited to invite the amazing Annea Lockwood to Turku July 26th. Lockwood will perform her 6-channel piece Jitterbug (2007), constructed from the sounds of water insects, a graphic score and three additional musicians, as well as two tape works, Buoyant (2023) and Dusk (2012).

19.5.25 John Chantler, Andrea Mancianti Welcome to the Äänen Lumo concert in Toinen kerros! This time we are excited to have John Chantler performing solo with electronics. Another intriguing performance will be done by Andrea Mancianti …

I will be performing in Helsinki on Monday 19 May at the new Äänen Lumo space Toinen Kerros alongside Andrea Mancianti // aanenlumo.com/2025/05/06/1...

LUURANKOUNI tour w/ Félicie Bazelaire coming up:

9/5 @pethaus.bsky.social, Tampere
10/5 @himeraturku.bsky.social @ Kutomo, Turku
11/5 Cabaret Volta, Tallinn
15/5 @suhinaklubi.bsky.social, Helsinki
16/5 Hökarängens Antikvariat, Stockholm
17/5 Klangkonst, Uppsala

#improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic

Spring Roll: Himera esittää: Félicie Bazelaire ja Lauri Hyvärinen: Luurankouni - Ehkä Luurankouni on ranskalaisen elektronimuusikko-kontrabasisti Félicie Bazelairen ja sähkökitaristi Lauri Hyvärisen duo. Nimi on lainattu 1400-luvun japanilaisen

Luurankouni (‘skeleton dream’) is the duo of electronic musician and double bassist Félicie Bazelaire (FR) and electric guitarist Lauri Hyvärinen (FI). Concert Saturday May 10th as part of Spring Roll Festival in Turku.

Finnish pals & mutuals. I'm psyched to be coming over for some solo shows next week. Also with solo sets by Willie Stewart. Would really appreciate any help spreading the word! Kittos!

23/4 PUBLICS, HELSINKI
24/4 B-GALLERIA, TURKU
25/4 ONE FOR THE ROAD, PORI
26/4 PETHAUS, TAMPERE

Fredagar på Sibbe: Judith Hamann – Sibelius-museo Desire paths (2023) for cello and tape

Judith Hamann will perform their piece Desire Paths for cello and electronics at the Sibelius museum in Turku this Friday. This one is special!

Modus Operandi Taneli Viitahuhta is Helsinki based writer, researcher, sound conceptualist and saxophone worker ​ Contact: taneli(dot)viitahuhta(at)gmail(dot)com New edition of Free Jazz Communism with reprint...

Published on my feeble Weebly page an essay I wrote about improvised music of AMM, for their latest record, Aura.
Scroll down for the photos, made with my cell phone, of the actual printed booklet that comes with the CD. "Cuckoo or quirky", as K'naan song lyrics have it, I don't know either.

Fredagar på Sibbe: Judith Hamann – Sibelius-museo Judith Hamann, cello

Coming up at the Sibelius museum in Turku 14.3. Judith Hamann will perform their piece Desire paths for cello and four channel tape, as well as an acoustic set. Not to be missed!

Experimental Sounding Finland – a new calendar for sound-related concerts and events in Finland! Check out and make the best of this great new resource.

experimentalsoundingfinland.github.io

#improvisedmusic #experimentalmusic #soundart #contemporarymusic

Ääni Elää Äänitaiteen, kokeellisen musiikin ja nykymusiikin tapahtumakalenteri.

Ääni elää is an event calendar for sound art, experimental music and contemporary music in Finland. I hope we can keep it alive and use it: elaa.fi/aani

Coming up: Judith Hamann at Sibeliusmuseum, Turku, 14.3.2025.